"Pfft."
"Pfft."
"Pfft."
The faint sounds came one after another. Then, eleven masked girls like her emerged from behind the Rockmen and returned to Xia Yuwei's side.
All twelve Rockmen had been at the peak of the second tier, yet they had died without making a sound. Even if Haoqing Wanzong had led the Beast Blood Warrior Legion in a frontal assault, it would not have been this easy, because the Rockmen's greatest strength was their skin.
During battle, a Rockman's skin could become as hard as steel, and ordinary weapons could not pierce their bodies. But this was not combat. Normally, they would not keep their magic power circulating at high speed at all times. Thus, these peak second-tier Rockman warriors, who should have held the gate against an enemy attack for some time, were easily killed.
"Let's go in." Xia Yuwei turned invisible once more, pushed open the doors, and entered the temple.
In the temple hall, a Rockman sat cross-legged before a massive Twisted Void. The red light had not yet fully faded, and its glow draped everything in the room in a crimson cloak.
"Since you're here, show yourselves. Let me see who you really are," the Rockman said, staring at the open doors, his face tense to the extreme.
Xia Yuwei was hidden in the void, so he could not even hear her footsteps. It was more accurate to say that she floated just above the ground. She did not answer him and continued toward the Rockman.
"Steel Skin!" The Rockman's body suddenly turned glossy black. The hard protrusions and ridges on his body all transformed into blade-like edges. Closing his eyes, he said, "Though I cannot see you, I know you have entered. Feel the power of a third-tier Rockman. With me here,